Frying-pan and lifter



(No Model.)

BPBRROT. FRYING PAN AND LIFTB'R.

No. 603,857. Patented May 1o, 1898.`

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FRYlNG-PAN AND LIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,857, dated May 10, 1898. Application filed January ZO, 1898. Serial No. 667,186. (No model.)

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Be it known that l, EUGENE PERROTE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sandwich, in the county of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts, have invented a' new and Improved Frying-Pan and Lifter Therefor, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to fryingpans such as are usually constructed of iron; and it consists in the novel construction of the fryingpan in combination with the novel device for lifting the same, said pan and lifter being constructed with relation to each other so that by engaging the latter with the former the pan can be securely lifted and held in a raised position, all as fully described below and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view representing my improved frying-pan and lifter separated. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the pan and elevation of the lifter with the latter in engagement with the former.

Similar letters of reference 4indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the bottom, and A' the sides, of aniron frying-pan. The outer surface of the side of the pan is formed at a Suitable distance from the nose a with an integral thickened wall or projecting block B, extending, preferably, from the bottom to the upper edge of said side. At a suitable distance from the lower end of this thickened portion B a horizontal recess C is formed, preferably rectangular in shape and longer than it is high. The upper end of the thickened portion is formed into two overhanging and downwardly-extending hook-shaped lugs D, separated by a central not-ch D'. The recess, lugs, and notch are lformed to Iit over and receive the lifter shown in the drawings. This lifter comprises the shank E, provided with a suitable handle e. This shank is bifurcated, as shown, and extends into the Straight arm E' and the bent arm F. The arm E' is formed at its end into a narrow neck H, which is adapted to' fit into the'notch D', and this-neck is formed at its end, at right angles thereto, with the oppoSitely-extending wings H', preferably round in cross-section and adapted to fit under the hook-shaped lugs D. The arm E' is on a straight line with the shank E, but the arm F extends downward and is bent at F' into the portion F", which iS substantially parallel with `the arm E', is rectangular in cross-section, and is adapted to itinto the recess C.

To place the lifter in engagement with the pan, the handle is swung up slightly, and the T-shaped end H' is moved up under and within the lugs D, the neck H extending between said lugs. The handle is then depressed,with

the effect ofcausing the end F" of the arm Fv to enter the recess C, as indicated in Fig. 2. The lifter and pan being thus united, the latter may be safely raised and even shaken violently horizontally without fear of the parts becoming disengaged, inasmuch as the end F'.' and recess C correspond in size and shape, so that the former fits perfectly in the latter, and the neck H and T-shaped end H' t perfectly within the notch D' and under the lugs D. The recess C is at a sufficient distance from the bottom of the thickened portion B to allow the handle e to be swung up and the arm F' F" to be swung down without striking the surface upon which the frying-pan is, placed in order` to disengage the lifter.'V

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- ,Y t

In combination, the pan' A, A' formed on the outer Surface of its side with the thickened outwardly projecting portion B, the lower part of Said portion being provided with the recess C and the upper part with the outwardly-overhanging hook-shaped lugs D Separated by the notch D'; and the bifurcated lifter E comprising the arm E' extending at its ends into the neck H, formedwith the wings or T-shaped end H', and the lower arm F, F", the outer end of said lower arm being adapted to t into the recess C, the said T- shaped end or wings beingmadapted to'fit under said lugs, and the said neck being adapted to extend into the notch D' between the lugs, substantially as described.

EUGENE PERROTE. Witnesses:

AL. W. PARKS, GEORGE E. BUEBANK. 

